Not sure of the cases you have read, but if say a politician sexually harasses someone and they settle out of court with a confidentiality agreement, that is not blackmail, that is an agreement to pay damages to an injured party. I am not sure what Avenatti is charged with, but I doubt he was representing a party that Nike wronged.

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Tue 26 Mar, 2019 09:37 am

@gollum,

The difference is if the party with the information says "pay me or else" it is extortion. If the other party says we will pay you to keep quite it is legal in most cases.